CVE-2022-43071 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A stack overflow in the Catalog::readPageLabelTree2(Object*) function of XPDF v4.04 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Xpdfreader	Xpdf

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=42349&p=43959#p43959

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T18:01:31.596Z

Reserved: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-43071

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:26:02.688Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-15T17:15:11.307

Modified: 2025-04-30T18:15:35.260

Link: CVE-2022-43071

Redhat

No data.

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